Cemeteries in Hong Kong

Submitted by David on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:26

This is a resource page for people researching the history of a person that died in Hong Kong. Since many of Hong Long's old paper records have been destroyed, grave headstones may be the only remaining record of a person's life and death.

Here's a list of cemeteries in Hong Kong, plus a map of their locations. Click on any cemetery name for more information about it.

And the list isn't complete - if you know of more, please use the instructions below to add another.

Place name Sort ascending Author
West Point Burial Ground - Chinese Cemetery - Sai Ying Poon [1843-????] annelisec
Wanchai Roman Catholic Burial Ground [1841-1889] annelisec
Wanchai Protestant Burial Ground [????- ] David
Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery [1941- ] David
The Infectious Diseases Hospital Cemetery, Kennedy Town [1897- ] David
Stanley Prison Cemetery [1947- ] gw
Stanley Military Cemetery [????- ] Admin
St. Raphael’s Catholic Cemetery, Cheung Sha Wan [????- ] Admin
St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley [1848- ] Admin
Sai Wan War Cemetery [????- ] Admin
Parsee Cemetery [????- ] lizchater
Muslim cemetery, Kowloon [c.1921-c.1967] David
Muslim Cemetery, Happy Valley [????- ] philk
Mount Caroline Cemetery [1891- ] annelisec
Marker Kai Lung Wan [????- ] MikeB
Mahomedan Cemetery - resumed by Government [1858-1867] annelisec
Kai Lung Wan Cemetery [????-????] David
Jewish Cemetery [1855- ] annelisec
Hong Kong Cemetery [????- ] David
Ho Man Tin Roman Catholic Cemetery [????- ] David
Gravestones on slope near Fung Yiu King Hospital [????- ] elphashea
French Mission Cemetery, Pokfulam [????-1975] David
Chiu Yuen Cemetery (Eurasian) [1897- ] David
Chinese permanent cemetery, Aberdeen [c.1916- ] David
Chinese Christian Cemetery, Pokfulam [1882- ] David
Chinese Christian Cemetery, Kowloon / New Kowloon Cemetery No. 1 [1904- ] Admin
Cheung Chau Boundary Stone #5 [????- ] tngan
Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery [????- ] David
C.C.I.L. No 1 marker Stone 4 [????- ] tngan
Ammar Mosque (2nd Generation) [c.1945-1978] eurasian_david
Abandoned cemetery on south-east slope of Mount Davis [1856- ] David

To add another cemetery to the list and map, start by clicking here to create a new Place. You'll see a new window appear where you can enter details about the cemetery.  The important point to remember is that in the Tags: section, you'll need to type the word cemetery so that your new Place automatically appears on the list and map above.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Regards, David

Comments

Invaluable resource: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Index.cfm - the National Maritime Museum online archive. "The memorial database contains records of over 5000 church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters, including many important works by prominent sculptors and designers."

There are 373 records from Hong Kong complete with inscriptions